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[git.git] / Documentation / diff-format.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index ed4ebcbab76c23e599a3f3d62072e16d2cbe7cb1..e4520e28e53661159454e02c703be772d43bbc09 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
        dissimilarity index <number>
        index <hash>..<hash> <mode>
 
-3.  TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are
-    represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.
+3.  TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames
+    are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively.
+    If there is need for such substitution then the whole
+    pathname is put in double quotes.
 
 
 combined diff format